Webcams are being used to monitor terns on artificial breeding islands. Read more

Breeding pontoons for Common Terns

Pontoons have been developed for breeding habitats for Common Terns in Lake Marker. Read more

20 years of wildlife crossings

A report detailing the last twenty years of our research on wildlife crossings has been produced. This includes abstracts from our various reports, articles and... Read more

Results of 3D radar MAX at the AWWI conference in Minnesota

Nov. 27th-30th - Presenting dedicated full 3D bird radar to assess bird flight behaviour and collision risk at wind farms in the Netherlands and state-of-the-art offshore ecological research at NWCC workshop ‘Offshore Wind Energy and Wildlife’ as part of the AWWI conference in St Paul, Minnesota.

A Scientific Approach to Active Reef Rehabilitation

October 28th 2018 - One of our areas of work is assisting ecosystem recovery and researching methods to improve coral reef rehabilitation. Research on the sexual reproduction and aquaculture of juvenile corals by marine contractor Van Oord DMC, to which our coral expert Miriam Schutter contributed in 2016, was recently described in the journal of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). Also in 2017, Miriam, this time on behalf of Bureau Waardenburg, was involved in this study. ReefGuard: A Scientific Approach to Active Reef Rehabilitation.

No plastic in the stomach or intestine of the sperm whale

The sperm whale that died off the coast of Petten, North Holland at the end of June, had no plastic in its gastrointestinal tract. That was the conclusion from researchers from Bureau Waardenburg. During the dissection, inflammation in both lungs was discovered by a team from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University.

The research team from Bureau Waardenburg and Wageningen Marine Research, in collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, looked into the stomach and intestinal contents of the sperm whale as part of on-going research into diet and plastics. The stomach of the sperm whale turned out to be completely empty. In addition to the fact that no micro (1mm - 5mm) or macro (> 5mm) plastics were found, there were also no prey remains. The intestine was for the most part empty and no micro or macro plastics were found here either. Remains of prey were mainly found in the last part of the intestine. These are currently being further studied with the aim of determining to species. More>

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